Display tablet



H. WKEDEMANN DI SPLAY TABLET May 5, 1931.

Filed. Jan.

.HA/nua 'W/EDEMANN Inl/enfer M/wtmmey Patented May 5, 1931 z n.

UNirED STATES VHAROLD WIEDEMANN, orsmfrrnn, WASHINGTON DISPLAY TABLETApplieation. filed January s, 1929. serialwno. 330,035.v

My present invention relates to improvements in display tablets ormarkers, which while adapted for use in various ways, are especiallydesigned for use as memorial tablets, grave markers, &c.

The display tablet of my invention is of that type utilizing artificialstone fashionedr from plastic material suitable for the pur- Y pose,together with metal characters, symbols, floral designs, insignia,Vornamental features, &c., and the invention consists in certain novelcombinations and arrangements with the body of the tablet, or slab, ofthese metal characters, etc., as will hereinafter be ornamentation, &c.,is preerably. 1ncl1ned,

more fully set forth and claimed. Means are provided whereby theletters, or other features forming the display, are permanently securedin the tablet or slab against displacement, thus forming a durabledevice of this character. The parts forming the invention are simple inconstruction, may readily and with facility be assembled to provide acomparatively inexpensive cost of production, and at the same time thetablet or slab presents a neat and artistic appearance.

Means are provided whereby the subject matter displayed on the tabletmay be artificially illumined by the use of electric lights which areinvisible, or natural lighting effects may be attained, eitheriby` theuse of colored glass or other transparent material, or by the reflectionof natural light rays on the surface of the inscription or ornamentalfeaturesv of the tablet. n

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofmy invention physically embodied in a grave Vmarker or memorial tablet,and in which the parts are combined and'V arranged according to the bestmode I have thus far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention, butit will be understood thatthe inventionmay be embodied in other articles.``

AFigure l is a perspective view of a memorial tablet constructedaccording to my invention. I Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view showingthe manner of spacing, arranging Vand fastening together the symbols,here shown as letters, before they are embedded inthe plastic material,which when hardened forms the body ofthe tablet. Figure 3 is an enlargedsectional detail view, transversely ofthe tablet, as atv line 3-3 ofFigurefl.

Figure 4 is an end elevation of the letters as used at line t-- ofFigure 2. T he body 1 of the tablet is preferablyfashioned fromartificial stone, which is fashioned in a mold from plastic material,andafterward dried and hardened to form a durable body-for the tablet.

The upper face 2'for the inscription,data,

and polished if desired, andthesubject matterdisplayed as letters 3,orna1nental-bor--`` der 4, i'oralldesign 5, and dates .6, are all flushwith vthe face of the tablet. These Venumerated features'are embedded inthek `facel of the tablet and. retainedv therein against displacement.For: instance, the letters as lLEE in Figure 2 are fashionedrofchannel,-'=cast metal, each designatedfas t7, and the letters areprovided'with inclined faces 8 to coact withthe inclined walls ofgrooves `9iin1the vface ofthe.V tablet.` Theletters are thus relations Iutilized tie bars 14. Three of the i tie-bars are illustrated in Figure2 and they are attached, as by spot-welding, or by soldering, at thebacks of the letters. The vtie bars also become embedded in theartificial stone and furnish additional anchoring means Y with thedove-tail arrangement of the letters in the face of the tablet.

In the grooves 10a of the letters are seated and cemented panels 15 ofglass or other suitable material, While in the border 4c, panels ofglass, or other suitable material, indicated as 16, are cemented in thegrooves 10 of the border. The floral design 5 and the dates 6, appearingon the face of the tablet are fashioned in like manner of grooved metalWith contrasting panels inserted therein.

In some instances the natural light rays may be reflected from thepanels in the letters and other features displayed on the face of thetablet, for the purpose of illuminating the letters and features so thatthey will have a prominent appearance on the face of the tablet.

For artificial illumination of the features displayed I may useincandescent electric lamps as 17 that are enclosed in a lamp box 2o 18that is cast in the body of the tablet when the latter is fashioned inits mold, and the Wires 19 from a suitable source are passed through anopen plug 20 fixed in the removable bottom 2l. The bottom has its edgesseated in a side groove 22 extending around the edges of the box, andthe bottom carries a turn button 23 having a fastening head 24 Withinthe box that frictionally engages the fastening lug 25 of the box, toretain the bottom in closed position, or to release the bottom so thatit may be removed to permit access to the interior of the box. In thetop of the boX are openings 26 through which light rays from the lamps17 pass to illuminate the transparent panels 15.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto seeure by Letters Patent is l. The combination with a hardenedplastic stone, of spaced channel-shaped letters embedded therein havingedges flush with the face of the stone, tie bars connecting said lettersand embedded in the stone, grooves in the side Walls of theChannel-shaped letters,

and panels of transparent material in said grooves.

2. The combination vvith an artificial stone having a lamp box casttherein and said lamp box being covered by the stone, of channel- SOshaped letters cast in said stone above the lamp box, said lettershaving countersunk grooves open to the lamp box, lamps in the box, andtransparent panels seated in said letters and closing the grooves of theletters.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HAROLD WIEDEMANN.

